Never before have the journals, diaries and reports of Western Australia’s most famous explorers been published in the one volume.

From John and Alexander Forrest’s search for Leichhardt in 1869 through to their famous crossing of the continent on horseback in 1874 and onto Alexander’s definitive explorations in the Kimberley in 1879 followed by John’s 1883 Kimberley Survey Expedition, the Forrest Brothers placed themselves in the forefront of exploration, and, later, public life in Western Australia.